News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
National Uniformity for Food Act
An Ohio-based cereal manufacturer is to face a lawsuit under California's Proposition 65 because its cereal product contains acrylamide, even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warning labels on acrylamide-containing foods.
Anti-GM pressure groups are targeting France just as the country appears to be growing receptive to the technology.
Spices have benefits beyond giving flavour to foods and drinks, say scientists from Holland and Canada, and could be considered as 'functional' ingredients in the struggle against obesity.
The nation's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been accused of misleading Congress by ignoring the enforcement of key regulatory provisions intended to provide accurate food labeling.
Weekly Comment
The short sighted failure of greedy WTO trading partners to achieve any sort of meaningful agreement on global agricultural tariffs is bad for Europe's food industry.
The European Commission has proposed new legislation that would harmonise EU rules on food enzymes.
The US and Mexico have concluded an agreement under which access will be granted for US high fructose corn syrup exports to Mexico, a move that begins to address the decade long dispute between the two countries.
Lifeway Foods is acquiring Helios Nutrition, its main competitor in cultured dairy beverages in a bid to increase its organic presence and reinforce its position at the top of the sector.